INTERNATIONAL: Mark Cavendish missed out on the green jersey at the Tour of Oman after being impeded in the final sprint finish by Maximiliano Richeze, who was later disqualified.

Britain's Cavendish banged his handlebars in frustration and remonstrated with Argentine Richeze as they crossed the line.

Fernando Gaviria won the 132.5km stage from Al Mouj Muscat to Muttrah Corniche to take the points classification.

Jan Hirt won the overall race.

Czech rider Hirt came home safely in the peloton, with Italy's Fausto Masnada and Portugal's Rui Costa finishing second and third in the six-stage race.

Sprinter Cavendish, who crossed the line in sixth, was hoping for a repeat of his victory on the same stage in 2011.

He was clearly exasperated by the actions of Richeze, a UAE Team Emirates colleague of Colombian Gaviria, who drifted across towards the barriers and squeezed Cavendish, causing the 36-year-old to halt his sprint.

The incident ended Cavendish's hopes of clawing back his deficit in the points classification and saw Richeze fall foul of the race stewards.

The Manxman, who won stage two, was docked nine points on Monday's fifth stage for holding on to a car while returning to the peloton after a crash in which he fell heavily.